Tack-puller



[No Model.)

G. J. OAVPEWELL.

TACK FULLER.

No. 501,919 PatentedJuly 25, 1893.

4 UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

'GEORGE J. CAPEWELL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

TACK-PU LLER.

srncrrrcnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,919, dated July 25,1893. Application filed September 7, 1392. Serial no. 446,277. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. CAPEWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTack-Pullers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact"specification.

The invention relates to the class of articles having both fixed andmovable jaws for pulling tacks, brads, pins and small nails, the objectbeing to provide a simple and cheap article of this class having a fixedjaw with a wide end that can be readily inserted under and firmly holdone edge ofthe head of the tack to be extracted, and a jaw pivoted tothe fixed jaw, adapted to grasp the other edge of the head of the tack,the tail of the movable jaw which forms the fulcrum of the lever inpulling a tack and causes the jaws to close tightly together beingwidened to form a broad flat surface that will not cut, mar or defacethe material against which it bears.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of thearticle illustrating its use in driving a tack. Fig. 2 is an end view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a side view of a modified form illustrating theposition of the parts when commencing to draw a tack. Fig. 4 is asimilar view illustrating the position when the tack is drawn; and Fig.5 isa view of the article with a modified form of handle. Fig. 6 is adetail view of the ends of the jaws.

In the views 1 indicates the handle which may be made in any suitableshapeof wood, iron or other convenient material, and to the handle thetang of the fixed jaw 2 which is preferably stamped from sheet metal, issecured The outer end 3 of this fixed jaw is bent over on a curve ina'plane across the plane of the body of the jaw, and the convexed edgeof the end of this curved portion is ground or sharpened forming a gougeshaped end. Pivoted to this fixed jaw is a plate 4 preferably alsostamped from thin sheet steel, with a fiat hooked claw or jaw 5 which isadapted to oscillate toward and from the curved end of the fixed jaw. Onthe opposite side of the pivot this plate is bent out and back on itselfin a plane at an angle with the plane of the plate so as to form a wideend 6 with a flat bearing surface.

open or skeleton handle formed of metal is shown, the inner edges aroundthe opening through the handle for a portion of the length beingserrated or provided with notches or teeth 10 so that the tool can beused as a wrench for turning nuts, gas burners or similar fittings.

In use the wide curved or gouge-shaped end of the fixed jaw is readilyinserted beneath the head of the tack the curve of which itapproximately fits, without cutting the material into which the tackiS-drivemwhile the wide end of the movable jaw affords a broad fiat.surface upon which to fulcrum the tool when pulling a tack, so that thisend will not sink into, cut, mar or deface the surface against which itis bearing. The narrow hooked end of the oscillating jaw also easilycatches under the head and holds it so the tack cannot slip from thecurved end of the fixed jaw which is passed under the head in startingthe tack.

The tool is simple and convenient and as the jaws may be stamped fromsheet metal it is very cheap in construction as well as efficient forrapidly extracting tacks without marring the material in which the tacksare set.

I claim as my invention A tack puller consisting of a handle having afixed plate of thin metal of uniform thickness, with its outer end bentin a curve to form a gouge, wide enough to project on each side of athin plate of uniform thickness pivoted to the fixed plate, said platehaving a hook-shaped end that is movable toward and from the gouge endof the fixed plate, and an end that is bent across itself to form aresting foot, substantially as specified.

GEORGE J. CAPEWELL.

Witnesses:

H. R. WILLIAMS, J O. STEVENS.

